A Review on the Toxicological Elements of Commercial Pediatric Food and its Long-Term Bodily Effects

Abstract

Commercial food has been an essential part of any pediatric individual’s diet since the minerals and vitamins help sustain their dietary requirements and is given as early as being a newborn. However, it also contains toxicological elements which are associated with long-term bodily effects. These elements can be essential and non-essential. Essential elements found in pediatric food given as early as infancy play a part in the development of pediatric individuals. On the other hand, non-essential elements which include the heavy metals and other toxins may have long-term effects with their brain development. Pediatric individuals, but most especially newborns, infants, and young children are the most vulnerable to these contaminants since their brain and organ systems are yet undeveloped. This article aims to identify the long-term bodily effects and the risk factors of toxicological elements found in commercial pediatric food, which will either hinder or suppress the proper growth of these individuals.